Understanding the Russia-Ukraine War: Three Acclaimed New Books
As we approach the two-year mark since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a spate of new books from experts and journalists give us deep background into the nature of the conflict.
3 books
This deeply detailed account of the war from its frontlines tells the story of Ukraine's resilience.
Jack Detsch & Foreign Policy
Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence
Yaroslav Trofimov"Trofimov has collected a chorus of voices that add up to the truest first draft I have yet to read of the first chaotic year. Like those soldiers breathlessly recounting the just-fought battle, he’s helped us make sense of one of the grimmest wars of our time." — Elliot Ackerman, The Atlantic
Jack Detsch & Foreign PolicyHardcover, 2024
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The definitive biography of Volodymyr Zelensky from a journalist with unprecedented access to his high command.
The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky
Simon Shuster"The Showman is a far more intimate and much better informed biography than most politicians get from journalists. Shuster is an honest and frank biographer, thoroughly equipped for the job." — John Simpson, The Guardian
Hardcover, 2024
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This new history of Ukraine from one of its leading public intellectuals gives essential background and context for understanding the war. 
Luke Harding
Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation
Yaroslav HrytsakIn a review essay in the Financial Times, Tony Barber called this history ambitious and original. "With an honesty and common sense that are the book’s trademark, Hrytsak briskly dismisses the quarrels among Russian and Ukrainian polemicists about whether the first east Slav state, medieval Kyivan Rus, was Russian, as Putin would have it, or Ukrainian."
Luke HardingHardcover, 2024
$32.50$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
